Hay-stacker.



No. 881,062. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

J. & G. HAGUE.

A. HAGUE, ADMINISTRATOR or G. HAGUE. DEOD.

HAY STAGKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-11, 1905.

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No. 831,062. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. J. & G. HAGUE.

A. HAGUE, ADMINISTRATOR or e. HAGUE. nnu'n.

HAY STAGKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1906.

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Nebraska, declare that the hay-stacker that will be UNITED {STATES PATENT FFIOE.

JOHN HAGUE AND ALONZO HAGUE, or ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA; sArn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed August 11, 1905. Serial No. 273,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN HAGUE, and- ALoNzo HAGUE, administrator of GUY HAGUE, deceased, citizens of the United States, residing at Alliance, Cheyenne county, said JOHN HAGUE and GUY HAGUE have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for stacking hay, and particularly to that class of apparatus that is adapted to be drawn on the ground and moved about from place to place and to lift the hay from the ground and elevate it to the stack.

The object of this invention is to produce a cheap to manufacture, that will effectively lift the hay with comparatively little power, and that will be durable and not liable to get out of order.

I Having these special objects and others of general utility in view, we have shown our improved hay-stacker in a preferred form in.

the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, in which Figure l'is a side elevation of the stacker complete and at rest. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the hay-rake portion of the apparatus. Figs. 4 and 5 are details of different parts to be described. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the stacker in operative position. Fig. 7 is a detail of a portion of the side rails of the lifting element. Fig. 8 is a detail of a casting to which the standards or reel supports are secured. Fig. 9 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an edge view of the reel-socket casting. Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the casting shown in Fig. 10 and Fig. 12 is a cross-section, on an enlarged scale, through the parts shown in Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents the side runners of the frame which furnishes a support for all the parts to be described. The runners are suitably braced at their front and. rear ends by diagonal braces a a, respectively, and are provided with crosspieces or braces a a as may be desired. Secured to the inner side of the runners A are four legs C, which extend upwardly and inwardly and have their upper ends bolted in the radial sockets c of a casting c, said ends and casting forming a standard or support for the reel to be described and said castings 0 provided with a hole 0 for a shaft 0 Upon this shaft is rotatably mounted a casting d, having five radial sockets d arranged as shown in Fig. 11, and provided with a central opening d, through which extends the shaft 0 Rigidly bolted in the sockets (Z are the inner ends of the four bars (1 and one bar (1 which extend radially and together form a reel. These bars are connected and braced with each other by a rod d, which is suitably bent and extends through the bars, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6., In the outer ends of each of the bars d is mounted a double-grooved sheave, as (Z and to the outer end of the arm (1 is secured a clevis d, with which is connected a pulley-block al over which is arranged a cable H, which is adapted to travel over the pulleys d passes under the pulley-block d, secured to the cross-piece a at the rear of the supporting-frame, and at its free end said cable is connected with a swingletree 7L, as shown in Fig. 1. From the construction described it will be apparent that any pull exerted on the cable H will tend. to rotate the reel formed of the arms cl (Z on the shaft 0.

Extending across the rear portion of the frame and ournaled-in suitable bearings is a rod a, upon which is pivotally mounted the side bars B of the rake-supporting frame to be described. This rake-supporting frame is made up of side bars B B, slidably secured together by plates b, one of each pair of which is secured onto the member B and the other pivotally connected with the member B, as clearly shown in Fig. 7, whereby a slidable movement of the bar B on the member B is provided for. The two members B are connected at their forward. ends by a crosspiece 6 and are strengthened by braces 1), connecting the outer ends of b with the bars B.

Secured to the cross-piece b are vertical rake-teeth F, and secured to the lower portion of said teeth are horizontal teeth E, which are connected and braced by a cross bar 6, said horizontal and vertical teeth forming the rake proper. In the cross-piece b of the rake-supporting frame are suitable eyebolts, to which are secured rods cl", which extend upwardly and inwardly from the opposite sides and are pivotally connected with a bolt extending through the outer end of the arm (2 as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The raketo furnish a bearing v teeth E and F, arranged at right'angles to each other, form a suitable rake on which the hay is gathered and held until they are inverted by the rotation of the reel, which takes place, as above described, by drawing on the cable II, when the reel is thrown to a point whereby the rake is brought beyond the center or pivotal point of the reel. It will be apparent that the hay will fall therefrom by gravity, whereupon the tension of the cable H will be slackened and the rake will be returned to its normal position, ready for a second supply of hay.

with the plates b Secured to the. portion of the side bars or runners A is a'rack G, composed of uprights and suitable cross-pieces to prevent thehay from falling back on the machine. The arrangement of the arms B B in connection is. such that the arms B may be adjusted forwardly of the arms B and held in adjusted position against backward movement by the pivoted plates If, as shown in Fig. 7. These arms will be drawn forward by the movement of the rake under the hay, and the forward movement will be limited by a rope g, secured on hooks j on an arm 11 and at its other end to the cross-piece b The operation of the machine is similar to other machines of the same class and need not be particularly described herein.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hay-stacker, a main frame consisting of longitudinal runners suitably connected and braced, a standard consisting of converging uprights secured at their lower ends to the runners and connected together in pairs at their upper and converging ends, a reel composed of radial arms secured together at their inner ends by a suitable casting substantially as described, means for rotatably mounting said casting on said standard, an'adjustable frame pivotally connected with said main frame, a rake secured rigidly tosaid adjustable frame, and means for operating said reel, rake and rake-frame, said means consisting of a cable secured to said rake-frame, and to one arm of said reel, and adapted to slide over the outer ends of the other reel-arms.

2. In a hay-stacker, a main frame consisting of parallel, longitudinal runners suitably connected and braced, a standard consisting of converging uprights secured at their lower ends to said runners, means for rigidly connecting together in pairs and bracing the upper ends of said uprights, a reel composed of radial arms secured together at their inner ends, means for securing together and bracing the inner ends of said arms, consisting of a casting having a central opening and radial recesses, a shaft passing through said casting and having bearings in the means for connecting the upper ends of the uprights, an adjustable rake-supporting frame pivotally mounted on said main frame, a rake rigidly connected with said adjustable frame, means for holding said frame in its adjusted position, means for operating said reel, rake and rakeframe, consisting of a cable secured to said rake-frame, to-one of said reel-arms and antifrictionally en aging the outer ends of the other arms, an means for limiting the rotary movement of the reel in one direction, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HAGUE. ALONZO HAGUE, Administgator of the estate of Guy Hague, de-

cease Witnesses:

ANTONA WVAGNER, W. O. BARNES. 

